Breakdown of Não mudaríamos de ideias, nem que tivesses conseguido subornar toda a gente.
não
not / no
ter
to have
todo
all / whole
que
that (conjunction)
conseguir
to manage / to get / obtain
a gente
we / people (colloquial)
nem
nor, not even
mudar de ideias
to change one's mind
subornar
to bribe
Questions & Answers about Não mudaríamos de ideias, nem que tivesses conseguido subornar toda a gente.
Why do we use the pluperfect subjunctive (tivesses conseguido) after nem que?
The phrase nem que expresses an extreme hypothetical condition, meaning 'even if' or 'not even if'. Because this describes a past event that did not actually happen (you didn't manage to bribe them), it requires the pluperfect subjunctive.
The condition is in the past, so why is the main verb (mudaríamos) in the conditional instead of a past tense?
This is a mixed conditional sentence. The hypothetical condition is in the past (nem que tivesses conseguido), but the result applies to the present: we still wouldn't change our minds right now. If the result was also in the past ('we wouldn't have changed'), it would be não teríamos mudado.
Do I need to use the plural ideias in the phrase mudar de ideias?
Why is there no preposition between conseguido and subornar?
The verb conseguir is followed directly by an infinitive when you are talking about managing or succeeding in doing something. You do not need a connecting preposition like a or de here.
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